> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders.md). # III. FOUNDERS Founders of the Nexus consortium model, covering the GCRI, GRF, and GRA three-force model for consortium governance, technical evidence, legitimacy, finance readiness, and implementation. **Where this fits:** all six sectors ([The Model](/organization/model.md)) · [Nexus Universe](/organization/programme/universe.md), [Nexus Standards](/organization/programme/standards.md), [Nexus Reports](/organization/programme/reports.md), [Risk Academy](/organization/programme/academy.md) · the Nexus Consortium, stewarded by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA); global, regional, national and local layers ([The global level](/organization/governance-in-operation/global-level.md), [Institutions](/organization/institutions.md)) · consortium doctrine. **In brief.** This section defines the founders of the Nexus consortium model. Read against the international frameworks it serves ([UN General Assembly 2015](https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030); [OECD 2014](https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0405); [United Nations 2021](https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda)) and the [Nexus Standards](/organization/institutions/nexus-standards.md) that govern its records ([NS-0](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-0/), [NS-13](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-13/), [NS-10](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-10/)). "Nexus Consortiums are an organizing architecture, not one legal person or one membership club," and "no upper level can override a national council on a national question" (the Nexus Consortium model, as published on the GCRI and GRF sites). {% hint style="info" %} **Read with the current model (2026-10-21).** * Everything this page describes is a design in formation. No national, regional or global consortium is recorded as constituted or active; the current service level is R0, information and enquiries ([Status and service levels](/organization/governance-in-operation/status-and-service-levels.md)). Where the text below reads as operation, read it as design. * National Nexus is the country programme: a National Desk, a National Model, a National Portfolio and three participation pillars, the NNC (institutions, through five Helix pathways or the Financial Institutions and Regulators pathway), the NLC (leaders in a personal capacity) and the NWG (expert work, with the six CERTs). The [National Standards Council](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-standards-council.md) is the standards function of the NNC ([National Nexus](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-nexus.md)). * The councils are the six Helix councils: SPC State and Public Authorities, IOC Industry and Operators, ARC Academia and Research, CMC Civil Society and Media, CIC Community and Indigenous, and FIR Financial Institutions and Regulators, a cross-cutting pathway led with GRA. Earlier "Helix Council" usage on this page maps to them ([Councils](/organization/governance-in-operation/councils.md)). * "Investors Council" and "National Stewardship Council" are earlier labels. Their finance-readiness work is now the Financial Institutions and Regulators (FIR) pathway of the NNC, led with GRA; no council or pathway arranges, approves or advises on a transaction ([NNC](/organization/governance-in-operation/nnc.md); [Finance readiness](/organization/finance-readiness.md)). * Global, Regional and National Stewardship Boards (GSB, RSB, SLB) are historical labels. Current bodies are the Helix councils and the global and regional councils of the GRF council architecture, in formation; decision rights are listed in [Decision rights](/organization/governance-in-operation/decision-rights.md) ([historical labels](/organization/reference.md)). * "Competence Cells" is an earlier label. Their work is now National Working Group assignments and, by domain, the six CERTs, which are not emergency services, incident command or privileged access teams ([NWG](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md)). * Project vehicles and national companies are structures that competent, lawful actors may form outside the programme under their own law and licences. The programme never forms, arranges, owns or advises on them ([Lawful handoffs](/organization/finance-readiness/lawful-handoffs.md)). * Ordinary participation has no fee; selection precedes payment, and a seat never buys office, a technical conclusion, public authority or procurement treatment. Paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements ([NLC](/organization/governance-in-operation/nlc.md); [NWG](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md)). * Recognition, scoring and validation record what was shown under stated conditions. None is a certification, licence, rating or approval, and no country or institution is ranked. * Tokens, credits and on-chain instruments in this text are earlier design ideas; no token, credit or digital asset is issued, offered or traded under the programme. * No institution of the programme has supranational authority, legal personality under international law, immunities or treaty status; earlier text that reads so is historical design language. * Systems are named by their NXS display codes (for example [NXS-RLS](/organization/systems/nxs-rls.md) for participants, agreements, protocols, obligations and lawful handoffs); see [Systems](/organization/systems.md). {% endhint %} This section defines the founders of the Nexus consortium model. It explains how GCRI, GRF, and GRA form the three-force institutional model for consortium governance, technical evidence, public-good legitimacy, finance-readiness, national ownership, and lawful implementation. ## Sections This chapter is published in 10 sections. Together they hold the full text of the chapter. | Section | Words | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | | [3.1 The Three-Force Founding Model](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.1-the-three-force-founding-model.md) | 6,500 | | [3.2 GCRI as Technical, Evidence, Methods, Standards-Interface, Observatory, and Acceleration Driver](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.2-gcri-as-technical-evidence-methods-standards-interface-obser.md) | 6,871 | | [3.3 GRF as Public-Good, Policy, Convening, Claims-Discipline, Registry, and Public-Safe Reporting Driver](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.3-grf-as-public-good-policy-convening-claims-discipline-regist.md) | 6,976 | | [3.4 GRA as Finance-Readiness, Capital-Readability, DRF, Insurance-Readiness, and Financial-Service-Integration Driver](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.4-gra-as-finance-readiness-capital-readability-drf-insurance-r.md) | 6,761 | | [3.5 Shared Formation of Global, Regional, and National Nexus Consortiums](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.5-shared-formation-of-global-regional-and-national-nexus-conso.md) | 6,838 | | [3.6 No Institutional Merger Among GCRI, GRF, and GRA](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.6-no-institutional-merger-among-gcri-grf-and-gra.md) | 6,570 | | [3.7 No Consortium Membership in GCRI, GRF, or GRA by Participation](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.7-no-consortium-membership-in-gcri-grf-or-gra-by-participation.md) | 6,614 | | [3.8 GCRI / GRF / GRA Interface With Councils, Boards, and Committees](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.8-gcri-grf-gra-interface-with-councils-boards-and-committees.md) | 6,112 | | [3.9 GCRI / GRF / GRA Interface With National Enterprise Vehicles and SPVs](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.9-gcri-grf-gra-interface-with-national-enterprise-vehicles-and.md) | 6,228 | | [3.10 The GCRI / GRF / GRA Institutional Arc as Anti-Capture Architecture](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders/3.10-the-gcri-grf-gra-institutional-arc-as-anti-capture-architect.md) | 6,593 | ## Sources 1. UN General Assembly (2015). Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. A/RES/69/283, 3 June 2015. 2. OECD (2014). Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical Risks. OECD/LEGAL/0405, adopted 6 May 2014. 3. United Nations (2021). Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary-General. New York: United Nations. 4. UN General Assembly (2024). The Pact for the Future. A/RES/79/1, adopted 22 September 2024, with the Global Digital Compact (Annex I) and the Declaration on Future Generations (Annex II). 5. UN Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology and UNDP (2024). Universal DPI Safeguards Framework. New York: United Nations, September 2024. 6. Nexus Standards. NS-0: Constitution and principles. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000004`. 7. Nexus Standards. NS-13: Open standards development process. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000008`. 8. Nexus Standards. NS-10: Policies and clauses. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000006`. 9. GCRI. How Nexus Consortium works. 10. GCRI. Global programme. 11. GCRI. Six programme regions. 12. GCRI. National Nexus. 13. [The Global Risks Forum](/organization/institutions/grf.md). Council architecture. 14. GCRI. Programme status. 15. This documentation: [Governance in operation](/organization/governance-in-operation.md); [The Model](/organization/model.md); [historical labels](/organization/reference.md). --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation by asking a question. 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